How to keep food fresh for longer
Our story from Senegal this week shares information on an innovative storage technique to reduce post-harvest loss. This backgrounder explores […]
Post-harvest handling
This resource from the World Food Programme is an extensive guide and training manual on the post-harvest handling and storage […]
Burkina Faso: Drying fruits and vegetables helps reduce post-harvest losses
As the first rays of sunlight appear, Sarata Ouédraogomoves from one dryer to another. Wearing gloves, she carefully inspects the […]
Senegal: Innovative storage system helps farmers reduce post-harvest losses
Too much food goes to waste, spoiling before it can be sold and eaten. Post-harvest loss affects farmers across Africa, […]
Tanzania: Organic farmers are working to improve market access
In Lukobe village on the outskirts of Morogoro town in eastern Tanzania, 61-year-old Mercy Meena recalls the frustration of her […]
Malawi: Eco-friendly kilns help fish curers cut losses (SciDev.net)
Closing his eyes as smoke from fish-smoking kilns fills the air, Issah Amin pokes firewood into one of seven ovens […]
Tanzania: Farmers dry maize carefully to reduce post-harvest losses
This story was published in 2019 It’s late afternoon and the weather is a bit cold. Franael Martine is wearing […]
Nigeria: Farmers dry tomatoes to reduce post-harvest losses
This story was published in 2020 It’s almost eight o’clock on a sunny Monday morning and the temperature is 42 […]
Mali: Women adopt mechanized rice harvesting and drying to reduce post-harvest losses
This story was published in 2023 Molodo is a village in central Mali, some 150 km from Ségou. The village […]
Uganda: Coffee farmer boosts income with good practices learned on radio
Daniel Wandega and other Ugandan coffee farmers have improved their post-harvest practices and boosted their incomes by tuning in to […]